Tango in 1940

Juan D'Arienzo — 22 recordings1940[1]

Carlos Di Sarli — 20 recordings1940[1]

Ricardo Tanturi — 2 recordings1940[1]

Ángel D'Agostino — 2 recordings1940[1]

Pedro Laurenz — 8 recordings1940[1]

Rodolfo Biagi — 20 recordings1940[1]

Osvaldo Fresedo — 10 recordings1940[1]

Edgardo Donato — 15 recordings1940[1]

Enrique Rodríguez — 14 recordings1940[1]

Francisco Canaro — 37 recordings1940[1]

Francisco Lomuto — 14 recordings1940[1]

Típica Victor — 4 recordings1940[1]

Rodolfo Mederos: Born in Constitución, Buenos Aires.[2]

Fulvio Salamanca makes his first recording with Juan D'Arienzo, Entre dos fuegos.[3]

Juan D'Arienzo: After most of the band leaves, a rebuilt orchestra with Fulvio Salamanca, Héctor Varela and Cayetano Puglisi records Entre dos fuegos.[4]

Ricardo Ruiz records Rosarina linda with Fresedo for Victor.[5]

Alberto Rivera joins Sebastián Piana's orchestra; first recording, the milonga Betinoti.[6]

Jorge Ortiz: First recording with Rodolfo Biagi, Todo te nombra, for Odeon.[7]

Nelson Ávila: Born in Chivilcoy on 7 August.[8]

Casimiro Aín dies in Buenos Aires on 17 October, after a leg amputation.[9]

José Colangelo: Born in Buenos Aires.[10]

Ángel D'Agostino: First Victor recordings with Ángel Vargas, 'Muchacho' and 'No aflojés', after signing with Victor and Radio El Mundo.[11]

Héctor Mauré: First recording with D'Arienzo, the vals "Flor de mal".[12]

Guillermo Rico joins La Gran Cruzada del Buen Humor on Radio Belgrano.[13]

Carlos Saavedra wins an amateur contest held by Roberto Zerrillo's orchestra in O'Brien.[14]

Jorge Maciel begins singing professionally with a neighbourhood orchestra, later with Caviello, Zabala, Guillán and Roberto Caló.[15]

Raúl Hormaza begins working as a lyricist, by his own account.[16]

Carlos Olmedo wins a singers' contest at the Café Ateneo in Montevideo.[17]

Luis Stazo plays in a youth orchestra with Julián Plaza and Ernesto Franco.[18]

Rodolfo Lesica debuts at carnival at the Hurlingham club with his father's orchestra, as Rodolfo Alberti.[19]

El Negro Lavandina: With Petróleo, leads a new generation of dancers replacing the old suburban style (1939–40).[20]

Donato Racciatti joins the Laurenz-Casella orchestra.[21]

Ángel Cabral forms a guitar and vocal trio with Juan José Riverol and Ángel Robledo.[22]

Alberto Suárez Villanueva takes over the Rubistein brothers' academy at Callao and Corrientes.[23]

Emilio Balcarce starts his own orchestra and moves from violin to bandoneon.[24]

Héctor Grané plays piano and writes arrangements for Laurenz on LR3 Radio Belgrano.[25]

Oscar Herrero joins Pedro Maffia's orchestra.[26]

Carlos Acuña joins Ernesto de la Cruz's sextet.[27]

Petróleo: Around 1939–40, with el Negro Lavandina in Villa Urquiza, develops the giro with enrosques and other new figures.[20]

José María Contursi writes Como dos extraños with Laurenz.[28]

Osvaldo Sosa Cordero shows the caricature exhibition El tango en caricatura at the Banco Municipal's art salon.[29]

Juan Sanchez Gorio debuts his own orchestra on LR4 Radio Splendid with singer Luis Mendoza, moving to Radio Prieto in July.[30]

Angel Dominguez joins Pedro Laurenz's orchestra, staying until 1944.[31]

Félix Lipesker: De Caro's orchestra records his vals Tu nombre with singer Héctor Farrel.[32]

Mario Pomar: Last Típica Victor recording, the vals Temo; brief spell with Miguel Caló.[33]

Juan Carlos Casas records Desconsuelo, Como dos extraños, Milonga de mi flor and Amurado with Laurenz.[34]

Carmencita Calderón appears with El Cachafaz in the film Carnaval de antaño.[35]

Héctor Varela becomes lead bandoneonist and arranger of Juan D'Arienzo's orchestra, playing Radio El Mundo, the Chantecler cabaret and summers at the Hotel Casino Carrasco in Montevideo.[36]

Florindo Sassone leaves music for private business.[37]

Nelly Omar sings in the film Canto de amor, directed by Julio Irigoyen.[38]

Amadeo Mandarino joins Aníbal Troilo's orchestra alongside Francisco Fiorentino, until 31 December 1941.[39]

Oscar Serpa: After Pelaia falls ill, sings tango as a soloist on Radio Argentina.[40]

Ricardo Malerba: His orchestra plays Las cuarenta in the film Confesión.[41]

Carlos Lenzi: Lola Membrives premieres his play Yo te amo.[42]

Luis Visca writes Yo también and the vals Quién será with Luis Rubistein.[43]

Antonio Sureda appears in the film Su nombre es mujer, directed by Julio Irigoyen.[44]

Eduardo Del Piano plays with Roberto Zerrillo in Montevideo, then joins Joaquín Do Reyes late in the year.[45]

Gabriel Clausi leaves Julio De Caro's orchestra after playing with it on Radio Splendid.[46]

Amanda Ledesma records for Victor.[47]

Ángel Vargas becomes the singer of Ángel D'Agostino's orchestra; RCA Victor signs them and they perform on Radio El Mundo. Their first sides are Muchacho and No aflojés.[48]

Enrique Cadícamo writes the words of Tres esquinas for Ángel D'Agostino, who premieres it with Ángel Vargas.[49]

Juan Velich acts in the film Confesión, followed by two more films by 1942.[50]

Manuel Meaños begins directing the revues of the Teatro Maipo.[51]

José Bohr becomes president of Chilefilms.[52]

Juan Polito leaves D'Arienzo with the musicians and Alberto Echagüe and leads them on Radio Argentina.[53]

Miguel Caló: Osmar Maderna joins on piano with Domingo Federico and Armando Pontier, the start of the line-up remembered as the Orchestra of the Stars.[54]

Carlos Dante takes an administrative job at YPF and leaves singing.[55]

Luis Riccardi retires after a tour of Brazil with Canaro.[56]

Pedro Laurenz broadcasts on LR3 Radio Belgrano.[57]

Ernesto Famá leaves Canaro with fellow singer Francisco Amor; the two form an orchestra directed by Federico Scorticati, which never records.[58]

Antonio Todaro — dance_style: creator of figures; bridge between 1940s tango and 1980s generation; taught many including Miguel Ángel Zotto1940[59]

Armando Laborde — active 1940–19961940[70]

Radio Mitre — Matinée de Juan Manuel, Radio Mitre's daily show of the early 1940s, was an almost unavoidable first step for young popular singers; Oscar Larroca sang1940[83]

Golden Age — Japan: Noriko Awaya and other singers popularised the Japanese style of tango in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and tango gained popularity because jazz1940[84]

Brunswick — Brunswick's standard popular catalogue series started at 2000 and ended in 1940 at 85171940[85]

Cuarteto Típico Los Ases — debuted in 19401940[87]

José "Lampazo" Vázquez — In the 1940s he polished his style at the club N.O. Boys and later taught at the Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza1940[89]

Julio Videla — He used to dance at the Marabú in the early 1940s, famous for the way he stood and walked the tango1940[90]

Héctor Palacios — El cantor de Buenos Aires1940[91]

Lucerna — The Lucerna, on Suipacha at the 500 block facing El Cairo, was one of the downtown dancing tearooms in vogue in the forties, with a1940[92]

Sans Souci — Sans Souci, at Corrientes 900, was one of the downtown dancing tearooms in vogue in the forties, with a tango orchestra and a jazz band;1940[92]

Carlos Di Sarli — formed a new orchestra1940[93]

Fulvio Salamanca — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1940[60]

Mauricio Mise — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1940[63]

Héctor Grané — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1940[63]

Alberto Celenza — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1940[63]

Juan Miguel Rodríguez — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1940[71]

Astor Piazzolla — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1940[71]

Hugo Baralis — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1940[71]

David Díaz — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1940[71]

Orlando Goñi — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1940[71][72]

Oscar Larroca — Played in Radio Mitre.1940[83]

Alfredo Attadia — Played in Ángel D'Agostino.1940[86]

Cayetano Puglisi — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1940[88]

Roberto Guisado — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Ángel Goicoechea — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Alfredo Pérez — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Antonio Rossi — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Roberto Gianitelli — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Félix Verdi — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Domingo Sánchez — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1940[94]

Ángel D'Agostino — Performed at Radio El Mundo.1940[61]

Rodolfo Biagi — Led Rodolfo Biagi.1940[62]

Pedro Laurenz — Led Pedro Laurenz.1940[63]

Carlos Di Sarli — Led Carlos Di Sarli.1940[64]

Ricardo Tanturi — Led Ricardo Tanturi.1940[65]

Francisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1940[66]

Edgardo Donato — Led Edgardo Donato.1940[66]

Mario Melfi — Led Mario Melfi.1940[66]

Juan D'Arienzo — Led Juan D'Arienzo.1940[60]

Aníbal Troilo — Led Aníbal Troilo.1940[71]

Miguel Caló — Led Miguel Caló.1940[73]

Golden Age — Occurred at Argentina.1940[67][68][69]

A mí no me hablen de penas — 1940[74]

Como dos extraños — 1940[75]

Yo también — 1940[76]

Charlemos — 1940[77]

En un beso la vida — 1940[78]

Pena mulata — 1940[79]

Te quiero todavía — 1940[80]

Quién será — 1940[81]

Cosas olvidadas — 1940[82]